Broncos’ Sean Payton hoped Giants would make QB change from Russell Wilson to Jaxson Dart ‘long after our game’

For a second straight year Empower Field didn t see a Russell Wilson revenge tournament But Sean Payton was evidently hoping for one The Giants benched the former Broncos quarterback after just three games this season turning instead to first-round rookie Jaxson Dart who continued a stretch of generally strong play with a -yard three-touchdown performance against Denver on Sunday For three quarters he gave Broncos coordinator Vance Joseph fits sliding laterally side-to-side in the pocket to negate a juiced-up Broncos pass rush And postgame Payton offered a note of praise to Dart and perhaps a note of shade to Wilson They identified a little spark with that quarterback Payton reported I was talking to John Mara not too long ago he continued speaking of the Giants owner and I revealed We were hoping that change would have happened long after our championship Wilson threw for yards with touchdowns and eight interceptions in his lone season under Payton in and then was benched for Jarrett Stidham at the end of the year The Broncos of program then took on a record million in dead salary-cap charges just to cut bait with Wilson Related Articles PHOTOS Denver Broncos come back to beat New York Giants - in NFL Week Broncos-Giants record card Bo Nix Sean Payton pull Denver back from the brink in miraculous comeback Broncos four downs Bo Nix backs up Sean Payton s London call in comeback for the ages Peyton Manning DeMarcus Ware family remember Demaryius Thomas in Broncos Ring of Fame celebration How it Happened Broncos tally points in the fourth-quarter to beat the Giants Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis